Torta della Nonna
 

Hi,
Does anybody have a recipe they'd be willing to share for this traditional Italian dessert? My husband tried with no luck to find it everywhere we went in Italy and I'd love to surprise him with it.
Many thanks

I know 2 variations of TORTA DELLA NONNA: one is with the custard and the pie crust (which is THE torta della nonna), and another one is a totally different one, it does not have any pie crust or custard filling, but is more "spongy" and this is how I make it and what I call TORTA DELLA NONNA:

1st VERSION: I have found an english site with the pie crust and vanilla custard filling. Here's the link:
http://www.milioni.com/JpnSite/UsTorta.htm

SECOND VERSION: it's actually my recipe:
3 eggs, 300 grams of flour, 150 grams of sugar, lemon zest, 1 envelope of baking soda (in ITaly they come in predosed envelopes), 125 gr butter. Leave the butter at room temperature until it's easy to work with the other ingredients. Whisk the eggs and the sugar until they become fluffy and light yellow. Add the sifted flour, the baking soda, the butter and the lemon zest. Spray a round cake mold with PAM and pour the mix. Sprinkle some sugar on top so that it creates a good golden crust on top. Put in the oven for about 1 hour at 200 Celsius degrees. I eat it cold with a glass of cold whole milk...... yummmm

Try both and let me know

I have had this sort of cake, the flatter one, when I lived next door to a lovely lady from Italy.

It is a pastry base filled with pastry cream, with a little lemon and topped with pine nuts and powdered sugar.Sort of flat.
I would love the other sort also , that is also called a Ring cake or Rubber ring cake, that looks much more like a Pound cake.

Will you send us some tastes when you have made it :) lol

Thank you both very much. I think the one with the custard and pie crust is the one I'm looking for but, Batuffolina, based on your name I'm going to try your version first. Don't you top it with almonds or pine nuts?
I will definitely smush a little piece into my monitor so you can taste it.

I actually top my version of Torta della Nonna only with powdered sugar. LEt me know which one you liked most.